HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-92 - Adopting General Plan Amendment GP-97-02BRESOLUTION NO. Qq -9-9--
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT GP -97-02B, AMENDING THE GENERAL
PLAN OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa adopted the 1990
General Plan by Resolution No. 92-27 on March 16, 1992; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan is a long-range comprehensive document which
serves as a guide for the orderly development of Costa Mesa; and
WHEREAS, by its very nature, the General Plan needs to be updated and refined
to account for current and future community needs; and
WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment GP -97-02B amends Policy No. 255 of the
1990 General Plan to allow limited deviations from certain floor area ratio standards;
and
WHEREAS, public hearings were held by the Planning Commission on
October 13, 1997, and by the City Council on November 3, 1997, in accordance with
Section 65355 of the Government Code of the State of California, all persons having
been given the opportunity to be heard both for and against said amendment
GP -97-02B to the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, this Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City that said
amendment to the General Plan be adopted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Costa Mesa City Council
that the General Plan is hereby amended by adoption of General Plan
Amendment GP -97-02B, amending Policy No. 255 of the 1990 General Plan as set
forth in Exhibit "A", attached to this resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that an initial study was prepared, pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act. According to the initial study and Negative
Declaration, which reflect the independent judgment of the City of Costa Mesa, the
proposed project could not have a significant effect on the environment. Additionally,
the evidence in the record as a whole indicates that the project will not individually
or cumulatively have an adverse effect on wildlife resources or habitat.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of November, 1997.
ATTEST:
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Deputy
Deputy City Cl k of the City of Costa Mesa Mayor of the City of Mesa
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CITY ATTORNEY
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Resolution No. ql-Q,_ was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City
Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of November, 1997.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 4th day of November, 1997.
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Deputy City Oork and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Coun6il of the City of Costa Mesa
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Policy #255 of the 1990 General Plan is hereby amended as follows:
255_ Building densities'intensities for proposed new development projects shall not exceed t ie
the trip budget for applicable land use classifications, as
identified in the Land Use Element. Building intensities for proposed new development
projects shall not exceed the applicable floor area standards• except limited deviations
from the graduated floor area ratio standards depicted in Tables 61 and 62 for the
commercial and industrial land use designations may be approved through a discretionary
review process. No deviation shall exceed a 0.05 increase in the FAR in the moderate
traffic category, and no deviation shall be allowed in the very low, low and high traffic
categories. Deviations from the FAR standards shall not cause the daily trip generation
for the property to be exceeded when compared to the existing daily trip generation for
the site without the Rroposed moJect or the maximum allowable traffic generation for the
Moderate Traffic FAR category, whichever is greater. The new development shall be
compatible with surrounding land uses. Additional criteria for approving deviations from
the FAR standards may be established by policy of the City Council